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What safeguards could you even put in place that wouldn't deprive the child of basic human rights? The major fear I could see is that the child could pass damag
by snuxoll 10y ago
What safeguards could you even put in place that wouldn't deprive the child of basic human rights? The major fear I could see is that the child could pass damaged genetic material down to their offspring that may not cause immediate harm in a single generation, but over the course of N generations the resulting genetic mutation from daily life + combination with other DNA during fertilization could potentially cause serious issues.
How do you protect against that? Stop a human being from ever having children?
The dangers of mucking with the DNA of a human are much higher putting self-driving cars on the road or splicing genes into simpler organisms like crops.
Now, to be fair: this wasn't actually genetic modification, but "simply" replacing the mitochondria of the embryo with that provided by a donor. The dangers here are minimal in reality, from what I can tell.